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LORENZO W. ROATH, Oli' LEXINGTON, OHIO.

yLetters Patent No'. 80,668, dated August 4, 1868.

IMPROVED BBDSTEAD'.

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TOALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: p

Be it known thatv I, LGRENZO W.' ROATH, of Lexington, in the county of Stark, and State of Ohio, have 'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare that the following is a -t'ull and complete description of thcjsame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a pai-,t of

this specification, in Which- Y Figlire 1 is a top view of the bedstea'd. Figure 2 a side view ofV the same. l Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

In fig. 2, represents the bed-posts, to which the side and foot-rails, B C, are attached in the ordinary way. To the inside ot` the rails aresccured cleats, D, in which is arranged a. series of knobs, E, around which the cord F is drawn, thereby making the bottomof the bed. i

It will be observed that the said bottom is in two sections, G and H, section G being secured rigidly in place, whereas section H is not, but which consists of a `frame, I, iig. 2, placed within the sides ofthe bedstead, and attached to section G bymeans of the cord and angular articulation at the point a, which consists of a deep notch, b, cut in the ends of the cleats of the rigid section, and a correspondingpoinac, fitted to the same, whereby section H can be raised to the position as shown in iig. 2, and supported thus by the stay or brace J;

The extended limb ofthe angie b serves as anaxial point on which the npturning section moves, and against which it is stayed when turned up.

In order to preservethe tension of'V the cord when the 'bottom is tnr-nedup, the 1said cord is secured to the cross-rail K, figfl, by means of the loops 0l, through which it is drawn; hence there can be no slacking of the cord in consequence of the bottom being elevated.

Its tension, by this means, is -'ully retained, whatever may be the degree of'e'levation given to the bottom, and which may be more or less, by resting the'end of the brace Jin the notches e.-

I am aware that bed-bottoms are so constructed that they can be elevated to any particular height, but

such.beds are usually made with slats for the bottom, and laid transversely; but I am not aware that a corded bed has ever been so made that it can be turned np as above indicated and described.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The cross-rail K, loops d, as arranged in combination with the cord F and sections H G,.substa.nti`ally as and for the purpose set forth.

LORENZO W. ROATH.

Witnesses: v

W. H. BURRIDGE, J. H. BURRIDGE. 

